slurp

This module works like fetch. It is used for fetching a base64- encoded blob containing the data in a remote file.

parameter	required	default	choices	comments
src	yes			The file on the remote system to fetch. This must be a file, not a directory.

Example using /usr/bin/ansible

ansible host -m slurp -a 'src=/tmp/xx'
host | success >> {
   "content": "aGVsbG8gQW5zaWJsZSB3b3JsZAo=", 
   "encoding": "base64"
}